If you are an 'old git' like you said, then that is the problem. The airforce can't afford to put pilots through it's training program, and then have them leave in five years because they are too old to fly. Really, it's kind of like a business. They want to put the money into someone they think will want to stay around for a long time. For me it is frustrating because I am not allowed to fly at all for Canada's military because I wear glasses. I have searched for a long time for ways around that, and there are very few. The really frustrating part is that there are pilots in the military with glasses, they just didn't need them when they applied. That pill is a little hard for me to swallow. Any ideas as to how to get around that? The recruiter said I needed military flight experience. Does that mean that if I fly for another airforce that they will take me?